2003
DOI: 10.1353/tech.2003.0131
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Once More into the Stirrups: Lynn White jr., Medieval Technology and Social Change

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“…The new (military) technology, by formidably enhancing the charge of knights not only implied superiority on the battlefield. In the centuries following, as argued by White (1962), it also catalyzed the transformation of the social and political structure of Europe into the feudal system (see also Roland 2003). Whereas its short-term eVects (superiority on the battlefield) might have been foreseen (and were actually recognized, for instance by the Frankish king Charles Martel, around ad 732), this certainly is not the case for its long-term effect (the rise of the feudal system), which actually resulted from the co-evolution of technology and society.…”
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“…The new (military) technology, by formidably enhancing the charge of knights not only implied superiority on the battlefield. In the centuries following, as argued by White (1962), it also catalyzed the transformation of the social and political structure of Europe into the feudal system (see also Roland 2003). Whereas its short-term eVects (superiority on the battlefield) might have been foreseen (and were actually recognized, for instance by the Frankish king Charles Martel, around ad 732), this certainly is not the case for its long-term effect (the rise of the feudal system), which actually resulted from the co-evolution of technology and society.…”
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“… See, e.g., McNeill 1982;Parker 1988; Van Creveld 1989. For an excellent and critical review of studies on the history of military technology seeHacker (1994), which includes a wealth of references; see alsoRoland (1985;.…”
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